Tired of hearing people moaning about road based Supermonos being uncompetitive Mike Edwards is going to try and take a £454 motorcycle bought from Ebay and with a limited budget contest the British Supermono Championship.
The bike's named 'Gordon'; been totally stripped down, rebuilt, and is now racing, so the concept is well on it's way to completion.

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Friday, March 30, 2007

It's a bit sad, but I have to admit that the non existent budget just can't keep pace with the bills. In order to get through the season, I'm going to have to in effect ‘sell’ Gordon off now to pay his bills and see the championship through.At the moment I am thinking along the lines of a strictly limited sponsor membership club, 100 tickets at £60 each.One membership number will be drawn on June 16th 2007 and Gordon will be available to take away once the last race of the championship has finished at Cadwell Park, UK on October 7th 2007.Here you can see some of Gordon's mates rushing off to buy sponsor memberships. Click here to find out more: 100 Sponsor Membership Club

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

All the bits and pieces for repair and or replacement are now well on their way to be ready for next week; although I am still looking for some additional wheels.

I am back at work full time at the moment, and doing some ACU training work at the begining of next week - but I should be able to squeeze in enough time with Gordon to get him back up and running in time for further testing at the end of next week.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Ledenon was the first time I had actually ridden Gordon.Luckily I had to run him in anyway, so I could gradually suss him out.2,000 revs first session, then 4,000 then finally 6,000 revs before I could 'open him up'.You can hear how windy it was - also listen to the 'famous last words' at the end!

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Although I got Gordon back on his feet and back on track, he is still a bit sore, and needs some bits and pieces sorting out.

It is all accumulative damage, broken sub frame, exhaust can, master cylinder, fairing and seat unit need repairing/replacing. An assortment of other brackets, plates and the radiator will need some attention too!

An expensive testing trip in many ways but so much information has been gained, I can now go to Brands with Gordon knowing where his strong and weak points are. Its only then while among his own we will see if all the hard work will get him on to therostrum.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Still with no transport arranged for the season, Gordon had to think of some way of getting to Ledenon.Usual van hire companies won't let you take their vehicles out of the UK.Ryder Rental do though - Gordon tried to be cheeky and blag a free van."No can do" said Richard at the Castleford depot "but I will try and get Gordon a decent discount".That'll do - now we're on our way!

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Roy from Slipstream called at Brands Hatch where I was today to get Gordon timed up just right with his stroboscope before we set off to travel down to the South of France to test him proper.The good news is I had modified the starter by removing the tyre from the kart wheel, and now it works fine.The bad news is Roy left me with the bill for the tuning....eeekkI will report again from Ledenon soon.

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Well it's so close now that Gordon says he can almost taste the bubbly!Now fully dressed but unpainted Gordon looks quite the part. Only a few bits and bobs to get done before we go to Ledenon testing prior to the first British Championship round at Brands on the 14th of April.Not 100% sure what colour scheme to run with, any ideas....Send me your thoughts by clicking on 'comments'.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Now that Gordon is so close to his initial completion, I thought it would be interesting to see what he weighed in at.The target weight was 135kg. With the budget being very limited exotic materials were not available - so obviously using things like standard wheels etc has limited the weight loss.However I was very happy to see that he tipped the scales at just 133kg, having saved some 33kg.

Not exactly light but no heavy weight either!

New battery and some time with the soldering iron and the wiring harness was finally ready too!It was great to hear him fire up at last - all be it just for a few moments.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

I admit it has been difficult, with a day job I can mostly only do stuff on a night - and I really, really wanted to get Gordon running.So late last night, about 11.15pm it happened, although cold, wet, dark and quite miserable - once he fired - it felt fantastic - thanks to Steve and Genge for being there to help at his rebirth!

Project conception

About Me

I've enjoyed 35 continuous years in motorcycle racing having ridden something competitively every season since 1982; picking up 6 separate British Championship titles: 1988 British JuniorStock Champion, 1992 British Supersport 400cc Champion, 1995 British Supersport 600cc Champion, 2004 British Supermono Champion - watercooled. British Historic GP Championship 2014 & 2015.
On the roads I've won the Macau Grand Prix on a ROC 500 and the North West 200 Supersport 600cc race. I'm the last Briton to have won the Imola 200.